July 29, 2010 / Front Page

The hard work of local officials and economic developers and their sincerity and honesty in promoting their community was a deciding factor in a Canadian pipe fabricating company deciding to build a $18 million plant in Thomasville, the company's rep More...

Recount tallies the same in District 1 contest; Sheffield announces he’s a write-in candidate

By Jim CoxEditor & Publisher

Elma Averett remained the winner of the District 1 seat on the Clarke County Commission after a recount of the runoff vote last Friday but it didn’t satisfy his opponent, Milton Estes Sheffield, who told Averett he would be waging a write-in c More...

Politics is ever changing and this election year the changes are more evident than ever. First, the climate is anti-incumbent and anti establishment candidates. That’s evident from local races right up through state contests. More...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management has been cleaning up illegal dumps in Clarke County, County Engineer Danny Overton told county commissioners Tuesday and has completed about 20 out of 50 selected sites. More...

Union Baptist Church will continue revival services Thursday, July 29 and end Friday, July 30 at 7 p.m. nightly. The evangelist for the week will be Rev. Lary McLaurin of Laurel, MS. The annual homecoming service will be during the 11 a.m. More...

Mr. and Mrs. Neil Dixon Bush Jr. of Grove Hill announce the engagement of their daughter, Anna Larrimore Bush, to Mark Bradley Marchant, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Marchant of Greensboro and the late Mrs. Janice Culver Marchant. More...

Brad and Kay Larrimore of Dickinson announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Emily Kate Larrimore to Randall Mathers Sims, son of David and Dottie Gaston of Thomasville and the late James A. Sims of Millers Ferry. More...

Bonner Collis "Boo" Wiggins Jr., 83, of Jackson died July 28, 2010 at Jackson Medical Center.
He was born May 12, 1927 in Fulton. He was a member of the Dickinson Baptist Church. He was a World War II Army veteran. More...

Longtime Grove Hill businessman and community leader Coma C. Horton died Saturday. He had battled cancer for the last four years. Horton, 79, was a native of Winn and a 1949 graduate of Jackson High School. He served in the U.S. More...

Family roots branch out, no matter how far away they may take you. Willie McGinest understands that fact all too well as visited the Grove Hill home of his grandparents and great-grandparents this past weekend. More...

Coma Horton was one of the first businessmen to buy a newspaper ad from me back in 1977 when I first started working for The South Alabamian, a green summer intern fresh out of the University of Alabama. More...

Alabama Southern Community College (ASCC's) president is enjoying the community support that is helping him make a smooth transition. Dr. Reginald Sykes says he's back where he feels the most comfortable, in the community college system. More...